I specialise in creating unique 28 mm scale miniature armies, for Warhammer 40,000, Dust, Urban War and other science fiction games

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Marvel Miniatures: Black Widow

The Black Widow, aka Natalia Romanova, is a new release from Knight Models.

The Black Widow model is part of a large range of miniatures which currently have no rules for gameplay. This is fine with me - I wanted to paint it to expand my highlight of black colours - but these figures aren't for use in the Batman game. There is a rumour that Knight Models will shortly be releasing a Marvel super hero rule set, but this is probably going to be trickier than the BMG. That game relies on comparable power-level heroes and villains, whereas a Marvel game would need to cover a huge range of super hero and mutations.

Onto the miniature...

I had real problems taking these pictures, as the black bodysuit didn't photograph well. It is actually quite subtly highlighted, using a mix of Eshin Grey, Abaddon Black and Fenris Grey. I've never used these dark blues for highlighting, but I think they came out well and would recommend the mixture.

As with some of Knight Models other "human" hero figures, Black Widow does suffer from being a little flat - the picture above shows this. However, this is really a byproduct of the pose and I still think it's a great sculpt.

The wrist bands and belt were highlighted with yellows, to reflect the comic book colour scheme, and they contrasted well with the bodysuit.